Posted by Arthur on September 15, 2014, 7:14 pm, in reply to "QEII Animal brooches"
Thank you, Bryce! I should have remembered most of these brooches, but you have refreshed my memory!
--Previous Message-- : There are a couple of other "animal" : brooches in QEII's collection : : There are 2 swan brooches (that I know of). : One worn a couple of years ago when she : visited The Keeper of the Swans during the : swan upping ceremony : : : : and the double swam worn at Ascot this year. : : : : There is also the British Jewellers : Association Diamond Jubilee Dove brooch - : although somewhat abstract : : : : HM has a Ruby and Diamond Butterfly brooch : : : : The Fishmongers' Dolphin (as mentioned by : Arthur) : : : : The Gold Stag : : : : Also there are these brooches, but I have : not seen a picture of HM ever wearing them : : The Royal Collection highlighted The : Jamaican Doctor Bird brooch : : : : and this Gold Porcupine : : : : : This is the New Haven Horse brooch presented : a couple of years ago (the tie pin was for : PP) : : : : : And if I recall correctly, there is mention : of a Bumble Bee brooch in Fields - sorry no : picture. : : So the tally above is 10 (including the red : bird from the previous post) : : I am sure that there are some I : missed...there must be a corgie brooch : somewhere ! : : Still, the animal kingdom is very well : represented and is not a very big percentage : of the total. : : Cheers! : Bryce : : : --Previous Message-- : Unfortunately, I have not seen Queen : Elizabeth : II (or any other British royal lady) wearing : either of these two brooches. : : I am not a great fan of the 'Coronation : bouquet' brooch (though it would be : interesting to see it worn anyway), but I : would love to see the 'red bird' brooch, I : find it lovely. : : By the way, I have the impression that Queen : Elizabeth II has very few animal brooches. : She has a lot of floral/foliate brooches, : knot brooches or non-figurative brooches, : but almost no animal brooches (with the : exception, of course, of several of her : regimental brooches, which can include : heraldic animals). Besides this 'red bird' : brooch, I only have in mind the 'sea : creature' brooch presented by the : Fishmongers Guild. Am I forgetting other : brooches of animalistic design? : : : --Previous Message-- : There are now only 2 brooches that I have : not : seen HM wear that appear on the "E II : R" double page spread (pg 80-81) of : Angela Kelley's book "Dressing the : Queen". : : They are the coronation bouquet brooch : (botton left) and the small red bird brooch : (far right) - both seen here. : : Has anyone seen HM wearing either of these? : : : Photo from the internet : : Cheers! : Bryce : : : : :
on September 15, 2014, 7:14 pm, in reply to "